Systems and method are specified to improve the reception of UL transmission, for example in power or coverage limited situations. A WTRU may modify procedures to increase the available signal energy for reception at an eNB and/or to make more efficient use of the available signal energy at the receiver for processing UL transmissions. Example methods for increasing UL link coverage may include modifying HARQ timing (e.g., shorter HARQ), using longer TTIs, use of dedicated PUSCH allocations, use of new PUSCH modulations, enhanced reference signal design, UL macro diversity reception for PUSCH, utilizing protocol reduction techniques, ensuring in-order packet delivery, and/or utilizing a configuration for coverage limited/power limited modes of operation. The proposed methods may be applied individually or in any combination.
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2. The WTRU of claim 1, wherein the grant indicates the length of the uplink transmission.
3. The WTRU of claim 2, wherein the length of the uplink transmission corresponds to a size of a transmission time interval bundle.
4. The WTRU of claim 1, wherein the uplink transmission corresponds to a physical uplink shared channel transmission, and one or more OFDM symbols that are not used for transmitting the one or more demodulation reference signals are used for transmitting user data.
5. The WTRU of claim 1, wherein the processor being configured to determine the one or more OFDM symbols for transmitting the one or more demodulation reference signals comprises the processor being configured to determine a number of OFDM symbols that are to be used to transmit the one or more demodulation reference signals.
6. The WTRU of claim 1, wherein the one or more OFDM symbols for transmitting the one or more demodulation reference signals are determined based on a frequency hopping mode of the WTRU.
7. The WTRU of claim 1, wherein the grant comprises an index, the index indicating the length of the uplink transmission.
8. The WTRU of claim 7, wherein the index is indicative of a start time of the uplink transmission and the length of the uplink transmission.
9. The WTRU of claim 1, wherein the one or more OFDM symbols for transmitting the one or more demodulation reference signals are determined further based on a type of the uplink transmission.
11. The method of claim 10, wherein the grant indicates the length of the uplink transmission.
12. The method of claim 11, wherein the length of the uplink transmission corresponds to a size of a transmission time interval bundle.
13. The method of claim 10, wherein the uplink transmission corresponds to a physical uplink shared channel transmission, and one or more OFDM symbols that are not used for transmitting the one or more demodulation reference signals are used for transmitting user data.
14. The method of claim 10, wherein determining the one or more OFDM symbols for transmitting the one or more demodulation reference signals comprises determining a number of OFDM symbols that are to be used to transmit the one or more demodulation reference signals.
15. The method of claim 10, wherein the one or more OFDM symbols for transmitting the one or more demodulation reference signals are determined based on a frequency hopping mode of the WTRU.
16. The method of claim 10, wherein the grant comprises an index, the index indicating the length of the uplink transmission.
17. The method of claim 16, wherein the index is indicative of a start time of the uplink transmission and the length of the uplink transmission.
18. The method of claim 10, wherein the one or more OFDM symbols for transmitting the one or more demodulation reference signals are determined further based on a type of the uplink transmission.
20. The base station of claim 19, wherein the uplink transmission corresponds to a physical uplink shared channel transmission, the grant comprises an index, and the index is indicative of a start time of the uplink transmission and the length of the uplink transmission.
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